Desert View teacher wins $100,000 excellence award from tool company
Cesar Gutierrez, a precision manufacturing teacher, is one of three winners nationwide of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools prize.
UA gets go-ahead to open school of veterinary medicine
The program will be the first public vet school in Arizona.
TUSD begins search to replace resigning board member
Mark Stegeman's replacement will serve through the end of 2020.
TUSD governing board member Mark Stegeman resigns
He says radical reform is needed for the district.
TUSD sees improvement in student retention
Fewer students left the district in 2019 than the previous year.
TUSD receives largest donation of clothes for students and families
800 boxes of brand-new clothes were donated for distribution to students.
Regents approve $60K in bonuses for UA President Robbins
The board says Robbins earned the incentives by achieving significant goals.
Regents say funding proposal preps Arizona for tech-driven economy
The budget request would set Arizona up to compete successfully in a changing economic landscape, the board chair says.
Vail high school students make an early jump to college
Collaboration with Pima Community College builds a bridge to the future.
Arizona universities to continue reduced tuition for some undocumented immigrants
Any student who graduates from an Arizona high school is eligible.
Using basketball to raise the academic game of Pima County's 'forgotten' students
Students in Pima County's juvenile detention system have to earn the right to play through grades and behavior.
TUSD moves closer toward approving new sex education curriculum
The district's sex ed policies have not been updated since 2006.
Teacher vacancies hit a new low in Tucson Unified School District
The district says vacancies are now down to fewer than one per school.
Food bank teaches nutrition and effective food shopping
The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona trains families to save money and eat nutritiously.
TUSD takes steps to update its sex ed curriculum
The proposed update will have a more evidence- and research-based focus.
